Cleveland Indians V Toronto Blue Jays Live Stream Online Amercian League Baseball Radio COmmentary Espn 360 Gamecast May 30, 2011. It's approaching three years since Jo-Jo Reyes' last win, but the Toronto Blue Jays left-hander insists he's not thinking about it.
It might be hard for him not to do so Monday night against the visiting Cleveland Indians, considering Reyes could set a dubious major league record by failing to win in a 29th consecutive start.
Acquired in a five-player deal with Atlanta in July, Reyes (0-4, 4.70 ERA) remains in search of his first victory since June 13, 2008, against the Los Angeles Angels while with the Braves. Oakland's Matt Keough (Sept. 6, 1978-Aug. 8, 1979) and the Boston Braves' Cliff Curtis (1910-11) are the only other pitchers to go 28 straight starts without a victory.
"I'm not worried about that streak," Reyes said after giving up five runs in three innings of Wednesday's 7-3 loss to the New York Yankees. "When I step on the rubber, all I'm worried about is executing the pitch."
Though Reyes is coming off a poor performance, he has been worthy of winning many outings this year. He's pitched at least six innings and given up fewer than three earned runs in half of his 10 starts.
Reyes has never faced Cleveland.
"I just worry about preparing for the next start. I haven't looked at any video on the Indians, so I don't know about them," he said. "I'll just prepare the same way I've been preparing all season."
Reyes might not need his best stuff the way the Blue Jays (27-26) are hitting. Toronto scored 26 runs and pounded out 45 hits while winning three straight over the Chicago White Sox over the weekend. The Blue Jays' 18 hits in Sunday's 13-4 victory were their most since a 19-hit effort in an 8-6 win at Minnesota on April 13, 2009.
Toronto will try to extend its season-high home winning streak to four, but it has dropped eight of 11 at Rogers Centre against Cleveland (31-19).
The AL Central-leading Indians begin this three-game series having dropped four of five while averaging just 2.2 runs.
"Certainly not the way you want to start a road trip, especially being shut out two of three games," manager Manny Acta said following Sunday's 7-0 loss to Tampa Bay.
Monday's scheduled starter, Fausto Carmona (3-5, 4.73), is well aware of how his club can struggle at the plate. He has one of the AL's lowest run-support averages at 3.11.
In his last start, the right-hander yielded four runs over eight innings of Tuesday's 4-2 home loss to Boston.
Carmona is 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA in his last three outings, but he is 3-0 with a 3.21 ERA in five starts against Toronto.
He'll be careful pitching to Jose Bautista, who leads the majors with 20 homers and is batting .384 at home. Bautista was 4 for 10 with two homers and five RBIs as Toronto lost two of three in Cleveland's last visit July 30-Aug. 1.
Corey Patterson is also proving to be a home run threat for the Blue Jays after going 9 for 12 with two homers and four RBIs in the last two games.
Patterson is 4 for 14 off Carmona and Bautista has a triple but no homers in four at-bats against him.
Cleveland's Grady Sizemore is expected to play center field once in this series after going 0 for 12 with seven strikeouts as the designated hitter over the weekend. It was his first action since missing 13 games with a right knee contusion.
Sizemore is a career .202 hitter in 20 games in Toronto.
It might be hard for him not to do so Monday night against the visiting Cleveland Indians, considering Reyes could set a dubious major league record by failing to win in a 29th consecutive start.
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Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
"I'm not worried about that streak," Reyes said after giving up five runs in three innings of Wednesday's 7-3 loss to the New York Yankees. "When I step on the rubber, all I'm worried about is executing the pitch."
Though Reyes is coming off a poor performance, he has been worthy of winning many outings this year. He's pitched at least six innings and given up fewer than three earned runs in half of his 10 starts.
Reyes has never faced Cleveland.
"I just worry about preparing for the next start. I haven't looked at any video on the Indians, so I don't know about them," he said. "I'll just prepare the same way I've been preparing all season."
Reyes might not need his best stuff the way the Blue Jays (27-26) are hitting. Toronto scored 26 runs and pounded out 45 hits while winning three straight over the Chicago White Sox over the weekend. The Blue Jays' 18 hits in Sunday's 13-4 victory were their most since a 19-hit effort in an 8-6 win at Minnesota on April 13, 2009.
Toronto will try to extend its season-high home winning streak to four, but it has dropped eight of 11 at Rogers Centre against Cleveland (31-19).
The AL Central-leading Indians begin this three-game series having dropped four of five while averaging just 2.2 runs.
"Certainly not the way you want to start a road trip, especially being shut out two of three games," manager Manny Acta said following Sunday's 7-0 loss to Tampa Bay.
Monday's scheduled starter, Fausto Carmona (3-5, 4.73), is well aware of how his club can struggle at the plate. He has one of the AL's lowest run-support averages at 3.11.
In his last start, the right-hander yielded four runs over eight innings of Tuesday's 4-2 home loss to Boston.
Carmona is 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA in his last three outings, but he is 3-0 with a 3.21 ERA in five starts against Toronto.
He'll be careful pitching to Jose Bautista, who leads the majors with 20 homers and is batting .384 at home. Bautista was 4 for 10 with two homers and five RBIs as Toronto lost two of three in Cleveland's last visit July 30-Aug. 1.
Corey Patterson is also proving to be a home run threat for the Blue Jays after going 9 for 12 with two homers and four RBIs in the last two games.
Patterson is 4 for 14 off Carmona and Bautista has a triple but no homers in four at-bats against him.
Cleveland's Grady Sizemore is expected to play center field once in this series after going 0 for 12 with seven strikeouts as the designated hitter over the weekend. It was his first action since missing 13 games with a right knee contusion.
Sizemore is a career .202 hitter in 20 games in Toronto.
